Two-thirds of Australia's Great Barrier Reef showed the largest amount of coral cover in 36 years, experts reported on ...

As fisheries take to the water during the Easter holidays, marine authorities are urging people to consider shark safety while fishing on the Great Barrier Reef.

A green sea turtle near Lady Elliot Island. We were 10,000 feet above the Pacific, in a tiny Cessna that seemed like it should have been flying much lower than that, when the clouds cleared and Lady ...

Outside Magazine published a somewhat tongue-in-cheek obituary for the Great Barrier Reef earlier this week, citing its lifespan from 25 million BC-2016. The article detailed the life of the reef, its ...

NanoAvionics MP42 satellite is equipped with a selfie stick and GoPro camera. See the footage it captured of the Great Barrier Reef after deploying the camera. Credit: NanoAvionics | mash mix: Space.c ...

We woke at first light to the unmistakable sound of a humpback whale breaching just beyond the drop-off — and that was only the beginning. As the annual migration moves along Australia’s east coast, ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Great Barrier Reef has experienced its greatest annual loss of live coral across most of its expanse in four decades of record-keeping, Australian authorities say.

Scientists fear that the reef may be gone by the end of the century if ocean warming caused by climate change continues.

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The Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite takes us over part of the Great Barrier Reef off Australia’s northeast coast on 1 April 2017. Extending more than 2000 km and covering an area of some 350 000 sq ...

The Great Barrier Reef has been seriously damaged by too much ocean heat. According to University of Sydney: The damage is at catastrophic levels. And as stated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Use the catamaran ride out to Reef Magic’s pontoon to plan your day. Once you have your time for add-ons like scuba diving and helicopter tours, inquire about times for any free ...